| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-10-20 10:30:00 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2026-10-20, 06:30:00 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | 1085-19 | | Landing | A Shortfall Of Gravitas | | Payload | Multiple | | Customers | Multiple | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payloads to LEO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxvZk5YHfR4 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtuZaR5vryo | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t6CQp9-bpk | | The Launch Pad | None | | International Rocket Launches | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XWxlBWlpJQ | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2112497542114214023 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJmcwHwxip0 |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 50th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 5 days, 23:56:16 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 68 days, 18:31:34 turnaround for B1085
☑️ 168th landing on ASOG
☑️ 680th Falcon Family Booster landing, 690th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 115th Falcon 9 mission this year, 698th overall
☑️ 121st SpaceX mission this year, 731th overall (excluding Starship test flights)
☑️ 121st SpaceX launch this year, 740th overall (including Starship test flights)
☑️ 225th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)
Mission info
Bandwagon-5
Bandwagon-5 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.
Starfall
Starfall is SpaceX's mass-produced reentry vehicle designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing. Starfall is a cylindrical shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2,100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1,000 kilogram of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.
This is the second Starfall demonstration mission to be launched.